Intercomparison of shortwave radiative transfer codes and measurements

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 110, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1-18

  Halthore, Rangasayi N ^a   Crisp, David ^b   Schwartz, Stephen E ^c   Anderson, G P ^d   Berk, A ^e   Bonnel, B ^f   Boucher, O ^f   Chang, Fu Lung ^g   Chou, Ming Dah ^h,i   Clothiaux, Eugene E ^j   Dubuisson, P ^k   Fomin, Boris ^l   Fouquart, Y ^f   Freidenreich, S ^m   Gautier, Catherine ⁿ   Kato, Seiji ^o   Laszlo, Istvan ^p   Li, Z ^g   Mather, J H ^q   Plana Fattori, Artemio ^r   Ramaswamy, V ^m   Ricchiazzi, P ⁿ   Shiren, Y ⁿ   Trishchenko, A ^s   Wiscombe, W ^h   more..

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e SPECTRAL SCIENCES INC   (United States)

^f Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^h NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^j PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITÉ DU LITTORAL CÔTE D OPALE   (France)

^l KURCHATOV INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^m PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^o HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^p OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

^q PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^r UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^s CANADA CENTRE FOR REMOTE SENSING   (Canada)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIATIVE FORCING; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SHORTWAVE RADIATION;

EID: 24544481897     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JD005293     Document Type: Article

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